Walt Disney College

Chapter 78

Lily did not forget about Maleficent's rule. Do not tell a soul. It had crossed her mind so many times to tell Lucinda, or maybe even Principal Mickey, but she couldn't take that risk.

The questionings Lily had gone to with Principal Mickey and Ms Daisy were enough to make Lily burst into tears. They just looked so disappointed that they were getting nowhere with what happened to her.

She was on the patio of Principal Mickey's office and Ms Daisy had her notebook, prepared to write any new information. Principal Mickey sat beside her, and Lily faced both of them.

"Where were you, Lily?" Principal Mickey asked.

"I...I don't remember," she lied.

"You don't remember a single thing?"

Lily shook her head, eyes shining. "It's all fuzzy and fractured."

"Anything," Principal Mickey had said. "Anything at all could help."

Lily knew that if she let too much emotion seep out that Principal Mickey would know something was wrong.

"It's just very hard to remember," she said finally, squeezing her eyes shut. "I can't think too well right now, this is all so overwhelming..."

Ms Daisy breathed an audible sigh. She knew they were getting nowhere with these talks. Lily seemed to be suffering from something, but nobody was really sure what. Even her closest friends. Ms Daisy thought that if they wanted answers, Principal Mickey truly knew the route to take.

Principal Mickey rubbed his forehead. "Okay. Maybe...maybe we should pick up later on next week."

Lily nodded and stood up quickly, not hesitating to get out of the situation. She felt Principal Mickey's eyes bore into her back as she left.

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Honey Lemon was anxious. She hadn't properly spoken to Hiro about the Mark situation, and at this point she didn't know whether Hiro was avoiding her or she was avoiding him. Gogo had assured her he was okay, but she couldn't help fretting still.

Honey felt like it was also affecting her relationship with Mark, but she didn't let any of her friends know that. Besides, Mark didn't mention anything about Hiro when they went out for dinner yesterday.

At lunch, Honey searched the cafeteria for the small, messy-haired boy, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Honey, over here, we don't have all day!" Fred bumped her shoulder playfully and made his way over to the table and sat next to Gogo.

"Sorry...I was just looking for Hiro. Where is he?"

Wasabi shrugged. "Haven't seen him."

Honey took a deep breath and tried not to worry. "And Andy?"

Gogo shook her head. "Uh...he's in Africa, remember?"

"Right...right."

Everyone started talking again, but they slowly died down, and Honey wondered why. She hoped it wasn't because of Mark. He ate with them most times now, and Honey didn't know if the others were comfortable with it since they didn't even know Mark went to the College until a few weeks ago.

She saw her boyfriend coming over and put on a smile.

"Hey guys," he said, sliding next to Honey.

"Hey Mark. How are you?" Wasabi asked politely as Gogo rolled her eyes.

Mark replied normally, ignoring the tension if he noticed there was any. Honey just closed her eyes for a moment, and reminded herself to breathe. No need to worry.